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Measuring the Burden of Gambling Harm in New Zealand

The Ministry of Health engaged Central Queensland University’s (CQU) Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory and Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Gambling and Addictions Research Centre to develop…

How to produce a social investment evidence brief

This guide outlines a process for gathering the relevant evidence to support social investment. It explains how to summarise the best evidence and write it up…

Social Housing Test Case

This test case is the first in a series of building blocks that will help inform future government social investment priorities and decision-making, to help create better…

How We Eat – Reviews of the evidence on food and eating behaviours related to diet and body size

This report presents the current evidence available about the effect of several eating behaviours (‘how’ we eat) on diet and body size. The six chapters contain…

Problem Gambling and Family Violence in Help-Seeking Populations: Co-occurrence, Impact and Coping

Four hundred and fifty-four clients of problem gambling treatment services took part in a short survey on gambling and family/whānau violence and abuse. There were 370…

Disability Respite Survey 2016

Disability Support Services conducted two online surveys during October and November 2016. We received 1,268 responses to the family/whānau respite survey and 50 responses to the…

Review of Adult Palliative Care Services in New Zealand

This review presents a refreshed strategic direction for adult palliative care and proposes a suite of initiatives to help manage future increases in demand for palliative care. …

Private Health Insurance Coverage 2011–15: New Zealand Health Survey

Individuals with private health insurance (PHI) may have more timely access to non-urgent treatment than those without insurance. This report presents findings about the PHI of…

Feedback from people living in Ministry of Health funded residential services for people with disabilities

The survey tool was based on the Schalock Quality of Life Framework adapted for the New Zealand environment.  Seventeen people with disabilities conducted face to face…

Evaluation of the Ministry of Health funded suicide prevention gatekeeper training programmes

The purpose of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006–2016 is to reduce the rate of suicide and suicidal behaviour, harmful impacts associated with suicide and…